From the 12th until the 15th of June, the FASHIONCLASH Festival took over Maastricht and transformed the city into the gathering of young emerging artists and designers. The 6th edition of the international and interdisciplinary platform lived up to its expectations and presented a mesmerising four-day fashion and art festival spread throughout the city.With many visitors, the SAMDecorfabriek and 35 various locations around Maastricht hosted the work of 150 emerging designers in the setting of fashion shows, exhibitions, designer market and several other projects.

FASHIONCLASH Festival is accessible for everyone, come and celebrate with us!

You are cordially invited to the 6th edition of FASHIONCLASH Festival!

FASHIONCLASH Festival is an international and interdisciplinary fashion platform for new generation of designer and artists. The program with Fashion Shows, Exhibitions, designer Market, Theatre and Dance Performances, and FASHIONCLASH Side Program, gives promising talents the opportunity to show their work to a broad and various international audiences and industry professionals.The spectacular program of the 6th edition will bring together more than 100 designers and artists from 30 countries.

Online presale is over! But you can still get tickets at the SAMdecorfabriek for the shows on Saturday & Sunday

FASHIONCLASH Market is a designer market where you can see and buy unique fashion, jewellery and accessories by young designers. Free Entrance. Cash Only.Exhibtion: curated selection of work related to the theme of Age. Projects (OLD)Fashion(ed) and VERWEVEN 2014 are installed in the exhibition. Free Entrance

Tickets for Fashion Shows Program are available in pre sale online: TICKETS

FASHIONCLASH Side Program 12 – 15 June, at various location in Maastricht

FASHIONCLASH Side Program is an accompanying program spread across various locations in Maastricht with pop-up stores, exhibitions, lectures, Film Fashion Night Out and events in selected boutiques and cultural spots in Maastricht. FASHIONCLASH Side Program is a curated selection of what 'Fashion City Maastricht' has to offer. Official opening of FASHIONCLASH Side Program takes place with a fashion show at De Bijenkorf from 7 p.m. on Thursday June 12.

FASHIONCLASH Festival 2014 Participants

6th edition of international and interdisciplinary platform for new generation of designers and artists

FASHIONCLASH Festival is an inspiring fashion festival based in Maastricht, the Netherlands. The program with fashion shows, exhibitions, designer market, theatre and dance performances, pop-up stores, lectures, workshops, fashion film programme gives promising talent the opportunity to show their work to a broad and various international audience and industry professionals.
FASHIONCLASH Festival 2014 will provide a stage for more than 100 promising designers and artists from 30 different countries.

FASHIONCLASH Festival 2014 campaign image is inspired by the theme 'AGE'. What if we could preserve a certain age, how old would you be? The art of fashion can provide a number of means to break down boundaries that are related to the stereotypes concerning age. Aging is not boring, it is a process that can and should be celebrated.

The concept of ‘age’ is the theme of the 6th edition of the FASHIONCLASH Festival.

Age is omnipresent in our society. It is a multi-layered concept and widely discussed. It seems that we could debate endlessly what aging means in the 21st century. There is the societal debate concerning the aging population in Western countries. What can be done to the evident age gap between the old and the young? What kind of actions can be done to prevent the isolation of elderly people in society? The developed health care system means that people will live longer and are able to stay active longer. There is the value debate concerning the adoration of youth, which contrasts the appreciation and respect we often show towards the elderly people. What will be the role of elderly people in the modern society? Has the modern-day obsession with youth made us formulate certain beliefs concerning appropriate behaviour for elderly people? Some say it is inappropriate for an older woman to show off skin.

Whatever is your position in the debate concerning age, it is something that you can relate to. Have you ever considered, for example, how does your age translate to your actions and the way you express yourself? Often it is claimed that certain designs are representative of a certain age only, but is it really so? Equally, art and design provide a number of means to break down boundaries that are related to the stereotypes concerning age. Fashion is capable of discussing whether certain types of clothes are limited to a specific age or how age can be implemented in design.

note: it is no longer possible to apply for FASHIONCLASH Festival 2014, your submission is welcome in 2015.Open Call for submissions for FASHIONCLASH Festival 20146th edition of the international and interdisciplinary fashion festival 12 — 15 June 2014 in Maastricht (Netherlands)

We happily invite you to sign up for the 6th edition of the fashion festival “FASHIONCLASH Festival”.

FASHIONCLASH Festival is an inspiring fashion festival based in Maastricht, the Netherlands. FASHIONCLASH Festival shows the art of fashion in the broadest sense of the word. FC Festival is a platform where young and upcoming designers and artists from various disciplines get the opportunity to present their work to a broad and various audience, national and international press, industry leaders, etc.
Since the 1st edition in 2009 more than 700 talents from more than 30 countries have joined the festival and were given the opportunity to show their talent and work. Some of their careers really took of from there!